Please read here some of the latest news:
Season 2022/2023
We are very excited that so many singers were able to find engagements for the next season through our workshops & auditions at the Bavarian Opera Academy!!
Here is a little selection:
-Astghik Khanamiryan in the title role of Turandot at Opera Köln
- Shiki Inoue as Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at State Opera Hamburg
- Bass Peter Dolinsek as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Leipzig
- Bass Roger Krebs as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Regensburg
- Tenor Hany Abdelzaher as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Regensburg
- Bass Doheon Kim as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Radebeul
- Mezzo Ilseyar Khayrullova as a new soloist ensemble member at State Opera Kassel
- Baritone Dogugan Kuran as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Magdeburg
- Anja Samokhina as a permanent choir member at Opera Geneve
- Feride Buyukdenktas as Sibel in Gegen die Wand at Opera Hildesheim
- Johanna Lehesvuori as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Estonian National Opera
- Laura Meenen as Tatiana in Eugen Onegin at Opera Würzburg
- Leah Manning as Frasquita in Carmen at St. Margarthen Festival
- Hao Wen as the baritone soloist in the world premiere of To Fall Safely at State Opera Braunschweig
Congratulations to all of you!!
Our program for the fall 2022 will be announced by August 22th. Please stay tuned!!
Previous seasons:
- Margaret Newcomb won 2nd prize at the 11th international "Immling" singing competition in Bad Endorf in March 2019, and will give her house & role debut as Waltraute in "Die Walküre" at Opera Kiel this season.
-Maiju Vaahtoluoto will sing Ulrica in "Un ballo in maschera" at State Opera Oldenburg in 2019/2020
-Samuli Taskinen will be a permanent ensemble member of Opera St. Gallen in Switzerland from season 2019/2020 onwards.
-Daniel Choi gave his debut as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Dr. Miracle in "Les contes d'Hoffmann" at Opera Köln this season.
-Brett Sprague will be a permanent ensemble member of Opera Erfurt from 2019/2020 onwards
-Jennifer Zein gave her debut as Gretel in "Hänsel und Gretel" at Opera Leipzig this season, and will return there next season for Esmeralda in "Die verkaufte Brau".
- Aljaz Vesel will sing 1st Geharnischter Mann in "Die Zauberflöt" at Opera Heidelberg in 2019/2020.
-Daniel Choi is currently singing Monterone in "Rigoletto" at Opera Heidelberg
-Jina Choi will sing Prinz Orlowsky in "Die Fledermaus" at the Immling Opera Festival in Summer 2019.
-Brett Sprague will sing the role of Lord Barrat in "Junge Lord" at State Theater Munich this season
-Markus Nieminen will sing the role of Dr. Frank in "Die Fledermaus" at the Immling Opera Festival 2019
- Aljaz Vesel will join the permanent soloist ensemble of Landestheater Radebeul (Dresden) from next season onwards.
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16.3.2019
We are delighted to announce Luisa Tambaro‘s debut as Leonora in Il Trovatore at Opera Koblenz (Premiere on July 5th).
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17.3.2019
Our wonderful tenor, Joska Lehtinen, will sing tonight the role of Pollione in Norma at the State Opera Nürnberg!
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2.4.2019
We are happy to announce the signing of tenor Aljaz Vesel with International Opera Artists (IOA Management). From next season onwards, Aljaz Vesel will be a permanent soloist at Opera Radebeul (Sächsische Landestheater) where he will embody major roles such as Max (DER FREISCHÜTZ), Edgar Aubry (DER VAMPIR), Jim Mahoney (AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY), and Florestan (FIDELIO), only to name a few.
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12.6.2019
Toi, toi, toi to our singer, Margaret Newcomb, who can be heard tonight as Waltraute in "Die Walküre“ at Opera Kiel!
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21.6.2019
We are delighted to announce Maria Gulik's debut as Amneris in Aida at Opera Kiel (Premiere on August 24th).
https://www.theater-kiel.de/…/titel/sommertheater-2019-aida/
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22.6.2019
Toi, toi, toi to our fantastic tenor, Aljaz Vesel, who can be heard tonight as Max in "Der Freischütz“ in the big open air production of Opera Radebeul! (Landesbühnen Sachsen by Dresden)
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25.6.2019
We are delighted to announce that even three of our alumni got engaged as permanent ensemble members at the Finnish National Opera from the next season onwards! Congratulations, dear Anu Ontronen (mezzo), Ida Wallén (mezzo) & Saara Kiiveri (soprano)!!
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28.6.2019
Toi, toi, toi to our fantastic tenor Brett Sprague who can be heard as Pedrillio in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail“ in the big open air production of the Thüringer Schlossfestspiele tonight!!
We are so proud that, immediately after his first participation at the workshops of the Bavarian Opera Academy, he was offered artistic representation trough IOA Management; IOA provided him the opportunity to sing the title role of "Der junge Lord" at Staatstheater München, and "Carmina Burana" with the Tampere Philharmonie in Finland as well as with the Göteborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. From next season onwards, this young tenor belongs to the soloist ensemble of Opera Erfurt.
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5.7.2019
Even four of our singers can be heard in the premiere of "Die Fledermaus" which opens tomorrow at Immling Opera Festival in Germany!
Jennifer Zein as Adele
Jina Choi as Prinz Orlowsky
Markus Nieminen as Frank
Caren Maxerath as Ida
https://www.immling.de/die-fledermaus/
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10.7.2019
We are delighted to announce that our alumna Jina Choi will join Opera Pforzheim as a permanent ensemble member next season. Some of her first roles there include Maddalena in ”Rigoletto”, Komponist in ”Ariadne auf Naxos”, and Mutter in ”Die verkaufte Braut”, just to name a few.
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16.7.2019
The Bavarian Opera Academy is nowadays without any doubt one of the fastest and easiest ways to find a job on the German/Swiss/Austrian opera market. We are delighted that, in addition to very many guest contracts, five of our singers received a job as permanent ensemble members at the following opera houses:
- Tenor Joska Lehtinen , State Opera Braunschweig
- Tenor Brett Sprague, Opera Erfurt
- Mezzo Jina Choi, Opera Pforzheim
- Bass Samuli Taskinen, Opera St. Gallen
- Tenor Aljaž Vesel, Opera Radebeul
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Season 2022/2023
We are very excited that so many singers were able to find engagements for the next season through our workshops & auditions at the Bavarian Opera Academy!!
Here is a little selection:
-Astghik Khanamiryan in the title role of Turandot at Opera Köln
- Shiki Inoue as Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at State Opera Hamburg
- Bass Peter Dolinsek as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Leipzig
- Bass Roger Krebs as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Regensburg
- Tenor Hany Abdelzaher as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Regensburg
- Bass Doheon Kim as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Radebeul
- Mezzo Ilseyar Khayrullova as a new soloist ensemble member at State Opera Kassel
- Baritone Dogugan Kuran as a new soloist ensemble member at Opera Magdeburg
- Anja Samokhina as a permanent choir member at Opera Geneve
- Feride Buyukdenktas as Sibel in Gegen die Wand at Opera Hildesheim
- Johanna Lehesvuori as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Estonian National Opera
- Laura Meenen as Tatiana in Eugen Onegin at Opera Würzburg
- Leah Manning as Frasquita in Carmen at St. Margarthen Festival
- Hao Wen as the baritone soloist in the world premiere of To Fall Safely at State Opera Braunschweig
Congratulations to all of you!!
Our program for the fall 2022 will be announced by August 22th. Please stay tuned!!
Previous seasons:
- Margaret Newcomb won 2nd prize at the 11th international "Immling" singing competition in Bad Endorf in March 2019, and will give her house & role debut as Waltraute in "Die Walküre" at Opera Kiel this season.
-Maiju Vaahtoluoto will sing Ulrica in "Un ballo in maschera" at State Opera Oldenburg in 2019/2020
-Samuli Taskinen will be a permanent ensemble member of Opera St. Gallen in Switzerland from season 2019/2020 onwards.
-Daniel Choi gave his debut as Lindorf, Coppélius, Dapertutto, Dr. Miracle in "Les contes d'Hoffmann" at Opera Köln this season.
-Brett Sprague will be a permanent ensemble member of Opera Erfurt from 2019/2020 onwards
-Jennifer Zein gave her debut as Gretel in "Hänsel und Gretel" at Opera Leipzig this season, and will return there next season for Esmeralda in "Die verkaufte Brau".
- Aljaz Vesel will sing 1st Geharnischter Mann in "Die Zauberflöt" at Opera Heidelberg in 2019/2020.
-Daniel Choi is currently singing Monterone in "Rigoletto" at Opera Heidelberg
-Jina Choi will sing Prinz Orlowsky in "Die Fledermaus" at the Immling Opera Festival in Summer 2019.
-Brett Sprague will sing the role of Lord Barrat in "Junge Lord" at State Theater Munich this season
-Markus Nieminen will sing the role of Dr. Frank in "Die Fledermaus" at the Immling Opera Festival 2019
- Aljaz Vesel will join the permanent soloist ensemble of Landestheater Radebeul (Dresden) from next season onwards.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
16.3.2019
We are delighted to announce Luisa Tambaro‘s debut as Leonora in Il Trovatore at Opera Koblenz (Premiere on July 5th).
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
17.3.2019
Our wonderful tenor, Joska Lehtinen, will sing tonight the role of Pollione in Norma at the State Opera Nürnberg!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.4.2019
We are happy to announce the signing of tenor Aljaz Vesel with International Opera Artists (IOA Management). From next season onwards, Aljaz Vesel will be a permanent soloist at Opera Radebeul (Sächsische Landestheater) where he will embody major roles such as Max (DER FREISCHÜTZ), Edgar Aubry (DER VAMPIR), Jim Mahoney (AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY), and Florestan (FIDELIO), only to name a few.
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12.6.2019
Toi, toi, toi to our singer, Margaret Newcomb, who can be heard tonight as Waltraute in "Die Walküre“ at Opera Kiel!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
21.6.2019
We are delighted to announce Maria Gulik's debut as Amneris in Aida at Opera Kiel (Premiere on August 24th).
https://www.theater-kiel.de/…/titel/sommertheater-2019-aida/
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
22.6.2019
Toi, toi, toi to our fantastic tenor, Aljaz Vesel, who can be heard tonight as Max in "Der Freischütz“ in the big open air production of Opera Radebeul! (Landesbühnen Sachsen by Dresden)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
25.6.2019
We are delighted to announce that even three of our alumni got engaged as permanent ensemble members at the Finnish National Opera from the next season onwards! Congratulations, dear Anu Ontronen (mezzo), Ida Wallén (mezzo) & Saara Kiiveri (soprano)!!
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
28.6.2019
Toi, toi, toi to our fantastic tenor Brett Sprague who can be heard as Pedrillio in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail“ in the big open air production of the Thüringer Schlossfestspiele tonight!!
We are so proud that, immediately after his first participation at the workshops of the Bavarian Opera Academy, he was offered artistic representation trough IOA Management; IOA provided him the opportunity to sing the title role of "Der junge Lord" at Staatstheater München, and "Carmina Burana" with the Tampere Philharmonie in Finland as well as with the Göteborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. From next season onwards, this young tenor belongs to the soloist ensemble of Opera Erfurt.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.7.2019
Even four of our singers can be heard in the premiere of "Die Fledermaus" which opens tomorrow at Immling Opera Festival in Germany!
Jennifer Zein as Adele
Jina Choi as Prinz Orlowsky
Markus Nieminen as Frank
Caren Maxerath as Ida
https://www.immling.de/die-fledermaus/
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10.7.2019
We are delighted to announce that our alumna Jina Choi will join Opera Pforzheim as a permanent ensemble member next season. Some of her first roles there include Maddalena in ”Rigoletto”, Komponist in ”Ariadne auf Naxos”, and Mutter in ”Die verkaufte Braut”, just to name a few.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
16.7.2019
The Bavarian Opera Academy is nowadays without any doubt one of the fastest and easiest ways to find a job on the German/Swiss/Austrian opera market. We are delighted that, in addition to very many guest contracts, five of our singers received a job as permanent ensemble members at the following opera houses:
- Tenor Joska Lehtinen , State Opera Braunschweig
- Tenor Brett Sprague, Opera Erfurt
- Mezzo Jina Choi, Opera Pforzheim
- Bass Samuli Taskinen, Opera St. Gallen
- Tenor Aljaž Vesel, Opera Radebeul
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